As temp goes up wire resistance increases too, increasing heat, increasing resistance, etc - and I find breakers trip more easily at hotter temps too.
/kc On Wed, Oct 11, 2017 at 01:08:33PM -0400, Zachary Winnerman said: >That's a good point, though if you are running your breakers that close >I think you have bigger problems, as a power outage, however unlikely, >could cause your equipment to not come back up at all. Software updates >that reboot several servers in quick succession could also cause a >breaker to trip under those circumstances. Unfortunately, there's no way >to tell how close a breaker is to tripping without tripping it. Breakers >may have amp meteres and a rated size, but the actual load before >tripping is +-20% for common models, meaning a 20A breaker may trip as >low as 16A. -- Ken Chase - m...@sizone.org Guelph Canada
